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| ZxZDeViLZxZ |
| So If anyones been watching any canadian news theyd of heard about the big da kine thing. well aparetnly its really getting ran for its money as they somehow have got a loophole to keep their buiness license which makes them a legitimate buisness and cant be associated with any real law besides simple selling weed. LOL heres a link about some on it Check It |
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| Billabong |
| What has this got to do with music? |
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| beats and beeps |
| Hmm...i enjoy a joint now and again, but it looks like this guys had a bit too much. |
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| ZxZDeViLZxZ |
nothing what so ever to do with music really just soemthing off topic
Vancouver pot shop re-opens after raid
by Brooke Thorsteinson and Dana Larsen (16 Sept, 2004) Da Kine cafe suffers massive bust, but persists in selling retail buds.
On September 10, patrons of the Dutch-style Da Kine Smoke and Beverage Shop in Vancouver, BC experienced an unwelcome surprise. Dozens of undercover cops, weapons drawn, clad in balaclavas (one wore a t-shirt with "Legalize It" on the front), raided the popular business.
Police executed a search warrant obtained by undercover narks who had purchased marijuana at Da Kine earlier that day. At 6pm, 30 police vehicles surrounded the cafe and erected barricades to keep back the angry crowds. One full block was shut down on the popular Commercial Drive, jamming traffic, interrupting filming of The Fantastic Four, and causing local businesses to close early.
A vocal crowd of about 200 protesters turned out at the roadblocks to heckle cops and smoke joints freely in a tense show of defiance.
12 people were arrested and police seized approximately $64,000 in cash, nine kilos of marijuana, 450 grams of hashish and over 300 pot cookies.
Seven staff members were forcibly detained during the shutdown, and are facing charges of trafficking and possession for the purpose of trafficking. The cafe's owner, 38-year-old Carol Gwilt, is also charged with possessing proceeds of a crime.
Store owner Carol Gwilt
Stubborn survival
Despite the raid, Da Kine managed to reopen the very next day to serve eager patrons once again, even though Carol Gwilt was still in jail.
"We're not going away," said store spokesman Lorne McLeod to media. "Our business license is still valid so why can't we operate? They've done the raid, here we are again. If they raid us again, we'll open again."
When Da Kine began selling pot in May 2004, it seemed as if no one cared about the legal violation. After four months of open marijuana sales, City Hall and police had apparently received no complaints from local residents.
Reporters for the local CTV news broke the story of the cafe in late August, repeatedly asking police what they were going to do about the cannabis cafe. Under pressure from reporters, it seemed at first as if the police were reluctant to actually make a raid. They finally moved a few days after BC Solicitor General Rich Coleman returned from holidays and told the media that police would soon act.
"I don't think we need a ho-hum attitude on anything to do with drugs," said Coleman, who has previously told the media that BC Bud helps buy guns in Afghanistan. "You've got people driving into a neighborhood, buying marijuana, smoking it and driving away in their cars. That's people who are now under the influence of something. That, to me, is unacceptable."
The Spirit Within, which is across the street from Da Kine, has also been outed in the media as selling marijuana. They were not raided, despite Vancouver police declaring it to be on their "radar."
Fighting City Hall
Vancouver City Council has scheduled a public hearing to determine if Da Kine should have its business license revoked. Originally planned for mid-September, the hearing was postponed after Gwilt hired Canadian constitutional expert John Conroy as her lawyer.
Da Kine's business license allowed it to sell pre-packaged food, books, clothing and paraphernalia. But it had also been selling marijuana for $10 a gram, which Gwilt claims the city knew about back in May, despite their protestations to the contrary.
However, many Vancouver city councillors, as well as Mayor Larry Campbell himself, said they were not really concerned about Da Kine selling pot. Campbell called the whole situation "no big deal," and said he doubted the cafe would have been scrutinized and shut down if it hadn't been for the intense media attention.
"I support legalization of marijuana," added Campbell, "but at the same time that doesn't mean they get to flout the law until the law is changed."
Campbell supported the creation of Vancouver's safe-injection site, and has vocally backed a "safe inhalation" site for cocaine users. By allowing a public hearing on Da Kine, the city is really creating a forum for debate on Vancouver following the Amsterdam model of unofficial, municipal legalization.
Federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler stated that there seems to be some confusion about the difference between decriminalization and legalization. "I think the message on this issue of decriminalization allowed people to infer from that that we're legalizing marijuana," he said.
In the face of controversy and arrest, Gwilt remains defiant. "I don't consider what we're doing illegal," she says. "We want a lot of these stores. We want these across Canada."
• Da Kine needs donations to its legal defense fund: 1018 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 1H4; www.dakinesmoke.ca
• Sign Da Kine's online petition to Vancouver City Hall: www.petitiononline.com/bud420 |
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| Billabong |
| quote: | Originally posted by ZxZDeViLZxZ
nothing what so ever to do with music really just soemthing off topic
Vancouver pot shop re-opens after raid
by Brooke Thorsteinson and Dana Larsen (16 Sept, 2004) Da Kine cafe suffers massive bust, but persists in selling retail buds.
On September 10, patrons of the Dutch-style Da Kine Smoke and Beverage Shop in Vancouver, BC experienced an unwelcome surprise. Dozens of undercover cops, weapons drawn, clad in balaclavas (one wore a t-shirt with "Legalize It" on the front), raided the popular business.
Police executed a search warrant obtained by undercover narks who had purchased marijuana at Da Kine earlier that day. At 6pm, 30 police vehicles surrounded the cafe and erected barricades to keep back the angry crowds. One full block was shut down on the popular Commercial Drive, jamming traffic, interrupting filming of The Fantastic Four, and causing local businesses to close early.
A vocal crowd of about 200 protesters turned out at the roadblocks to heckle cops and smoke joints freely in a tense show of defiance.
12 people were arrested and police seized approximately $64,000 in cash, nine kilos of marijuana, 450 grams of hashish and over 300 pot cookies.
Seven staff members were forcibly detained during the shutdown, and are facing charges of trafficking and possession for the purpose of trafficking. The cafe's owner, 38-year-old Carol Gwilt, is also charged with possessing proceeds of a crime.
Store owner Carol Gwilt
Stubborn survival
Despite the raid, Da Kine managed to reopen the very next day to serve eager patrons once again, even though Carol Gwilt was still in jail.
"We're not going away," said store spokesman Lorne McLeod to media. "Our business license is still valid so why can't we operate? They've done the raid, here we are again. If they raid us again, we'll open again."
When Da Kine began selling pot in May 2004, it seemed as if no one cared about the legal violation. After four months of open marijuana sales, City Hall and police had apparently received no complaints from local residents.
Reporters for the local CTV news broke the story of the cafe in late August, repeatedly asking police what they were going to do about the cannabis cafe. Under pressure from reporters, it seemed at first as if the police were reluctant to actually make a raid. They finally moved a few days after BC Solicitor General Rich Coleman returned from holidays and told the media that police would soon act.
"I don't think we need a ho-hum attitude on anything to do with drugs," said Coleman, who has previously told the media that BC Bud helps buy guns in Afghanistan. "You've got people driving into a neighborhood, buying marijuana, smoking it and driving away in their cars. That's people who are now under the influence of something. That, to me, is unacceptable."
The Spirit Within, which is across the street from Da Kine, has also been outed in the media as selling marijuana. They were not raided, despite Vancouver police declaring it to be on their "radar."
Fighting City Hall
Vancouver City Council has scheduled a public hearing to determine if Da Kine should have its business license revoked. Originally planned for mid-September, the hearing was postponed after Gwilt hired Canadian constitutional expert John Conroy as her lawyer.
Da Kine's business license allowed it to sell pre-packaged food, books, clothing and paraphernalia. But it had also been selling marijuana for $10 a gram, which Gwilt claims the city knew about back in May, despite their protestations to the contrary.
However, many Vancouver city councillors, as well as Mayor Larry Campbell himself, said they were not really concerned about Da Kine selling pot. Campbell called the whole situation "no big deal," and said he doubted the cafe would have been scrutinized and shut down if it hadn't been for the intense media attention.
"I support legalization of marijuana," added Campbell, "but at the same time that doesn't mean they get to flout the law until the law is changed."
Campbell supported the creation of Vancouver's safe-injection site, and has vocally backed a "safe inhalation" site for cocaine users. By allowing a public hearing on Da Kine, the city is really creating a forum for debate on Vancouver following the Amsterdam model of unofficial, municipal legalization.
Federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler stated that there seems to be some confusion about the difference between decriminalization and legalization. "I think the message on this issue of decriminalization allowed people to infer from that that we're legalizing marijuana," he said.
In the face of controversy and arrest, Gwilt remains defiant. "I don't consider what we're doing illegal," she says. "We want a lot of these stores. We want these across Canada."
• Da Kine needs donations to its legal defense fund: 1018 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 1H4; www.dakinesmoke.ca
• Sign Da Kine's online petition to Vancouver City Hall: www.petitiononline.com/bud420 |
Your prolly better off reposting this in the chillout room, you will get a million more replies there. |
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| DJ Rat 187 |
| 10$ for a gram, WTF!v :gsmile: |
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| Lephaid |
Yeah, a little on the expensive side, but that's what amsterdam tends to charge for the highest quality stuff too at cafes.
Meanwhile here in Regina, people are busted regularly for possession and whatnot...seems stupid to me when we're all supposed to be under the same set of federal legislation.
Ack, and, yes, move this to the COR mods |
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| Dirk W. |
| You idiots. keep this in the hyperreal.org forums or something. |
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| Jessica.S |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Rat 187
10$ for a gram, WTF!v :gsmile: |
thats canadian money. :p |
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| MaxTO |
| quote: | | Reporters for the local CTV news broke the story of the cafe in late August, repeatedly asking police what they were going to do about the cannabis cafe. Under pressure from reporters, it seemed at first as if the police were reluctant to actually make a raid. They finally moved a few days after BC Solicitor General Rich Coleman returned from holidays and told the media that police would soon act. |
Damn media. |
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| torontotrance |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jessica.S
thats canadian money. :p |
10 dollars is 10 dollars, what is worth in your currency might be different but 10 is 10. |
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| AlphaStarred |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dirk W.
You idiots. keep this in the hyperreal.org forums or something. |
and who the asked for your opinion, n00b?
now, on to topic, it's high time they made weed legal or at the very least decriminalized it in the States, especially in New York :p |
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